Government has decided to grant
concessions for the Electricity bills of the consumers for the months of March,April and May where an island wide curfew has been imposed to prevent spreading of corona virus ,as the Electricity Board had forced consumers to pay double of the regular bill amounts.
According to the Cabinet Spokesman ,Minister Bandula Gunawardana the five member committe set up to look in to the ways that granting concessions for the bills of Electricity consumers had suggested that government should bear the 25 percent of those Electricity consumers for the first 90 units ,providing a Three month grace period for consumers to settle the Electricity bills and not to disconnect the Electricity over late payments of those moths.
The report of the committee had been ihanded over to the Cabinet .
However as President wants more additional concessions to be given to the consumers regarding their electricity bills for the mentioned months Cabinet will be made a final decision on this during next week's Cabinet meeting the Minister has stressed .
According to the Cabinet Spokesman ,Minister Bandula Gunawardana the five member committe set up to look in to the ways that granting concessions for the bills of Electricity consumers had suggested that government should bear the 25 percent of those Electricity consumers for the first 90 units ,providing a Three month grace period for consumers to settle the Electricity bills and not to disconnect the Electricity over late payments of those moths.
The report of the committee had been ihanded over to the Cabinet .
However as President wants more additional concessions to be given to the consumers regarding their electricity bills for the mentioned months Cabinet will be made a final decision on this during next week's Cabinet meeting the Minister has stressed .
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